Neurotuberculosis and HIV Infection ( Tuberculosis - Current Issues in Diagnosis and Management )

Publication series ： Tuberculosis - Current Issues in Diagnosis and Management

Author： Simona Alexandra Iacob and Diana Gabriela Iacob

Publisher： IntechOpen‎

Publication year： 2013

E-ISBN: INT5639654631

P-ISBN(Paperback): 9789535110491

P-ISBN(Hardback): 9789535110491

Subject： R18 Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine;R51 infectious diseases

Keyword：传染病,流行病学与防疫

Language： ENG

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Neurotuberculosis and HIV Infection

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Chapter 15 Neurotuberculosis and HIV Infection

1. Introduction

2. Epidemiological data on the HIV/TB co-infection

3. Pathogenic mechanisms of NTB

4. Pathogenesis of the immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome

5. Etiological data on the mycobacterial strains in HIV/TB co-infection

6. Clinical data on NTB in HIV patients

6.1. Tuberculous meningitis in HIV patients

6.1.1. The diagnosis of TBM in HIV infected patients

6.1.2. The evolution of TBM in HIV patients

6.1.3. Conclusion

6.2. CNS disseminated TB

6.3. Intracranial mass lesions in HIV patients with CNS TB

6.3.1. Tuberculoma

6.3.2.Tuberculous abscess

7. Infections with non-tuberculous mycobacteria in HIV patients

8. The treatment of NTB in HIV patients

8.1. The antituberculous treatment

8.2. The antiretroviral therapy

9. Conclusion

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